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What is the function of the ethmoidal sinus?
The ethmoidal sinus helps strengthen the skull.
What sort of joint does the skull have?
In babies the skull joint is the fontanel (fontanelle) which helps in birth due to its flexibility but in the adult the skull joint is a fixed joint or a synarthrotic joint (immovable) called a suture.
Does honey lighten your hair?
Yes. Honey does lighten your hair. Though it can be very messy and depending on what type of hair you have can damage it.
What vitamin added to coffee helps weight loss?
niacin B vitamin which helps weight lossand fat loss. Garcinia cambogia and hydroxycitric acid are other ingredients.
How do cranial bones become ossified?
Cranial bones develop within fibrous membranes. Cranial bone tissues are adapted to support weight and withstand the tension and stress of the skull.
What is the reason for sinuses in the skull?
No one knows exactly what purpose the cranial venous sinuses serve in the skull. The para-nasal sinuses help to add humidity and warmth to the air that is breathed. They also lighten the weight of the skull.
The paranasal sinuses lighten the skull and act as resonance chambers for speech?
vocalization
What are two possible functions of the sinuses?
possible functions of the sinuses include: 1. air conditioning 2. pressure damping 3. reduction of skull weight 4. heat insulation 5. flotation of skull in water 6. increasing the olfactory area 7. mechanical rigidity 8. vocal resonance and diminution of auditory feedback 9 There are four pairs sinuses, the maxillary is largest, then frontal ,ethmoidal and sphenoidal is ( below eye sockets) is to provide mucous and act as a resonance chamber for sound +lighten weight of the skull. 10. mucous glands moisten the air ciculating between the conchae, if fluid does not drain , this causes sinuses headache.
What is the purpose of the sinus?
The related article from Ear, Nose, & Throat Associates of Corpus Christi really explains it well. According to them and the Sinus Wars site:They lighten the weight of the skull and this is the reason why your head feels heavy and you feel tired and sleepy during a sinus attack.They give resonance to your voice.They also filter and moisten the air that we breathe.They also remove unwanted air particles.
How does clothes packed in a zip lock bag and the air pressed out helps to lighten it?
Air has mass and thus weight. Removing air from a container decreases the mass.
What purposes do sinuses serve in the skull?
The air-filled paranasal sinuses and their mucous tissue linings help regulate the temperature and humidify the air breathed in, lighten the bone structure and weight of the skull, and give tone to the voice. It is not entirely clear what the skull's blood-filled cranial venous sinuses' full purposes are, but they do function to help the collection and return flow of venous blood and cerebrospinal fluid drainage from the tissues and veins in the cranium and back to the heart.
What makes bird skeletons different and helps lighten them?
They're hollow.
To throw goods overboard to lighten the weight close to jetsam?
Jettison
Things that protect the brain from injury?
skull your brain to be protected.
How do you spell litten?
The word you are likely referring to is "lighten" (make lighter in color or weight).
Which organ helps in locomotion in case of snake?
skull
What are the major features of a rodent skull?
the major features of a rodents skull is it is much smaller than Barack Obama's. And it has an imbilicol cord that wraps around the entire skull. Hope that helps! :)
